Rail tie



March 21, 1928. 1,664,288

J. G. DURANT. JR

RAIL TIE Filed Oct. 19. 1927 t a 6 l 9 :ammmm JO I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

UNITED STATE JOHN GRIFFIN DURAN'I, are, or HUNTING-TON, wns'r VIRGINIA.

RAIL TIE.

Application filed October 19, 1927. SeriaI No. 227,264n

' My invention relates to rail ties of that type in which the tie and clamping members are secured together so that it is only necessary to place the rails on the tie and manipulate the clamping members to hold the rall securely in place, there being no parts de tached or to be detached from, and replaced onto the tie when securing the rail in place. It is so constructed as to he slipped as a unit.

The object of the invention is to obtain a surer hold of the rail in place; to provide means secured to the tie movable into and out of engagement with the rail to hold the rail down to the tie, which means co-operate with other means integral with the tie to hold the first mentioned means, the whole structure being of ready operation and cheaply made. 7

Specifically, the tie engages the outer slde of the rail and has lugs engaging the inner edge of the rail foot or flange with a movable latch secured to the tie that engages the upper face of the inner rail flange and is held in engagement with such flange by said lugs.

Referring to the drawings in which like parts are simlarly designated:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one end of a railway tie in elevation with the rail thereon shown in cross-section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tie with the latch removed.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the latch.

The tie 5 is made of a rolled shape here merges into the body of the tie, their free endsengaging the inner edge of the rail foot.

The lugs 9 have a certain resiliency and are spaced toward the inside of track a suffi *cient distance so that the foot of the rail. will fit between them and the bent-up end 7 6,7,8 of the tie.

Between the lugs 9 is located a metal plate latch shown inplan in Fig. 3, having a hole 11 fer registering with hole 1% in the tie somewhat farther toward the inside of the track than lugs 9.

This latch has a flat bearing portion 13, an inclined rail foot engaging-portion 14c terminating in an upturned portion 15 and a tail portion 16 preferably arched. The latch is held to the tie by a rivet 17 or equivalent The upturned nose 15 of the latch lies under thehead of the rail and preferably is spaced from the rail web so as to be readily struck with a hammer.

The tail of the latch is for a similar purpose. The latch when in itsengaging position lies between the two lugs 9 and they prevent the latch from being accidentally turned on its pivot 17, that is to say, the arrangement is such that the lugs perform the double purpose of holding the rail foot and also holding the latch in latching position.

The resiliency of the inclined portion 14 of the latch, the distance of the pivot 17 from the rail engaging end of the latch, the

necessary looseness to effect pivotal action of the latch on rivet 17 and some slight resiliency in the lugs 9, will permit the latch to be knocked over the lugs either into latching position or unlatching position by a heavy hammer blow either on the upturned nose 15 or'on the tail 16.

This is facilitated by the curvature of I the lugs which provide cammingturfaces a and b. v

The free ends of the lugs donot lie above the under face of the inclined portion 14; of the latch so that when releasing the latch from the rail it will more readily slide up the portion a of the lug.

When closing the litch the portions 7) of the lugs act to cam up the latch when struck and facilitate its being knocked into latching position between the lugs.

I claim r 1; A rail t1e having means for engaging the outer flange of a rail and lugs engaging the inner rail flange incombination with a latch pivoted to the tie and held in latching engagement with the rail by said lugs.

2. A rail tie having lugs for engaging the inner edge of the rail flange and a latch pivoted to the tie at a point farther from the rail than said lugs and held between the lugs in rail engaging position.

3. A rail tie having a pair of struclnup lugs having a hump and a rail foot engaglatch pivoted to the tiev aerated to fiat pivoting portion and an inclined rail foot engaging port1on'a-rra-nged to ride. over said humps and to be held in operative position by the: lugs:

5. The combination of a rail tie having upturned ends forembra'cing the outer side of a raihfo'ot and extending alongthe rail WGbfl-IlCl-Se pair of'humped lugs struck up from the tie Whose face ends are arranged to engage the inner edge of the rail foot i11 combination With a latch pivoted to the tie betweensaiid'lu'gs and held thereby and having a nose spaced from the head and WGb'Of the rail.

6. The combination with a channel shaped rail tie having upturned ends for embracing the outer side of the rail foot and extending along the rail Web and a pair of humped lugs struck-up fromthe tie Whose free ends are arranged to engage the inner edge of the' rail foot; a latch pivotedto the tie back of said-lugs; and of Width substantially the: distance apart of the lugs, arrangedto engage the top of the rail foot and having upturned ends forbei-n'g struckby a hammer. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name:

JOHN GRIFFIN DURANT, JR.v 

